Episode 5 Discussion

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(29-11-2009 09:39 AM)JHyde Wrote:  I disagree that this was a rehash of earlier storylines. Ros is a completely different character to Tom, and Salter's motivations are very different to Colville's. Not to mention That getting some of Ros' backstory was terrific. They're actually very sparing about how they dole out information on the real past lives of Section D-ers, and I like it when they link it in with a plotline like this.

I don't think this was necessarily a "rehash" because you're right, the two stories were completely different. However, using the same, very specific, plot device -- older mentor agent "goes native" and younger agent he/she recruited is tasked to fix the problem -- is lazy. There had to be a better way to incorporate the Coleville/Ros background info.